Poekhali (Let's Go) by Yuri Gagarin to become a trademark, the press office of Roskosmos reports. Other historic signs have also been claimed. ...
Extracts from the book by the Russian cosmonaut, the Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Beregovoy “Space Begins on Earth” (translated from Russian by Julia Shuvalova). “Aldrin is wrong,...
Like many other Mancunians, I have been unpleasantly surprised to hear the latest news. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester’s Castlefield may be closed. SIGN THE PETITION TO PROTECT...
Betty Trummel of Science Roadshow blog is currently visiting Antarctica (!), but her friend and colleague Jean Pennycook has finished her research season at Cape Royds and shared some photos from the ...
To visit Kaluga takes 3 hours by train from Moscow. It’s quicker on an express train which is predictably more expensive and sought-after. I went to Kaluga during the Days of Europe event, previ...
Image: Thoughful India. I couldn’t resist including it… 🙂 Some time ago I took part in a research project conducted by a Russian Psychology student that seeks to explore the phenomenon of ...
Newton can rest on his laurels all he likes, but it looks like the most popular – as in pop-culture terms – discovery belongs to Dmitry Mendeleev. The story has it that the great Russian c...
An old bridge Kid’s art Biryulyovo Arboretum is located faily near to where I live: I only have to walk under the railway bridge, then take a bus, and in a few stops I will be near one of the be...
To commemorate the mankind’s breakthrough into space, Attic Room Productions made a 1hr 39min film documenting Yuri Gagarin’s flight. Over at OpenCulture there are many useful links to exp...
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